In actuality, this liquid is more often alcohol than mercury. Mercury is toxic to the touch and would be dangerous should the thermometer bulb break. Another advantage of alcohol is that the ...

SFU EHS will swap your mercury thermometers with non-mercury alternatives for free. Simon Fraser University is committed to eliminating non-essential uses of mercury and mercury-containing products.

Mercury can be found in a variety of non-laboratory items such as fluorescent light bulbs, thermometers, older pressure gauges, plumbing traps, manometers, barometer, thermostats, capacitors, and ...

Mercury and mercury-containing devices have historically been used in laboratories and shops to measure temperature, pressure, liquid density, and humidity ... Mercury spills from broken thermometers ...

A large spill is considered anything greater than a broken thermometer. She said that the individual had not yet sold any of the liquid mercury. “My professional opinion is that he was not ...

During in-house tests on popular clinical thermometers (mercury and digital) has found at least 16 popular brands to be inaccurate in calibration. In a shocking revelation, the Consumer Education ...

“You will often hear liquid mercury referred to as a dangerous ... But because of its toxicity, any spill larger than one broken thermometer is considered a “large” spill, according to ...